Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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As I said, the provision is there for it to happen at the sectoral committees. I want to be very clear. I will not make a political commitment that I cannot stand over and that I do not have the authority to stand over. Much of this is beyond my control, unfortunately. I will work to assist the committee in any way I can in the adjudication and doing a deep dive into these statutory instruments and directives coming from the EU. This is why in my opening statement I encouraged members to get involved in the process earlier so they can get reasoned opinions from Departments at an early stage to see the trajectory and the line of sight. I am always very careful about making political commitments. It would be very unwise of politicians to make a commitment that they do not have the power or capacity to stand over.